Technical Lead, Applications

BJAK
Beijing
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Hands-on technical leadership","Code/design reviews","Decision-making under ambiguity","Execution","System design"]

Own core application architecture that connects AI systems to real-world user experiences, spanning backend services, APIs, and mobile/desktop client integrations. Lead and grow a small applications team while staying hands-on to make critical architectural decisions. Drive production-grade reliability with observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling. Partner with ML leadership to translate model capabilities into shippable product features, balancing latency, cost, security, and user experience.

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Technical Lead, Applications

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Job Summary

Own core application architecture that connects AI systems to real-world user experiences, spanning backend services, APIs, and mobile/desktop client integrations. Lead and grow a small applications team while staying hands-on to make critical architectural decisions. Drive production-grade reliability with observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling. Partner with ML leadership to translate model capabilities into shippable product features, balancing latency, cost, security, and user experience.
Location: Beijing
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop.
  • •Lead and grow a small, senior applications team, including backend, mobile, and desktop engineers.
  • •Ensure production-grade reliability using observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling.
  • •Set architectural direction for AI-powered product workflows, APIs, and client integrations.
  • •Partner with Machine Learning leadership to translate model capability into shippable product features.

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.
  • •Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production.
  • •Experience delivering AI-powered products and understanding model integration trade-offs.
  • •Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows.
  • •Ability to make high-impact technical decisions under ambiguity and bias toward shipping iteratively.
Experience:AI-powered productsBackend systemsProduction systems
Skills:Hands-on technical leadershipCode/design reviewsDecision-making under ambiguityExecutionSystem design

Company Brief

BJAK
Bjak is a Malaysia-based insurtech that operates an online insurance comparison and distribution platform across SEA, simplifying purchase and servicing of motor and life insurance using digital tools and AI-enabled services.
Industry: InsurTech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Selangor, Malaysia
Founded: 2019
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